Fountain-pen light.



FOUNTAIN PEN LIGHT.

APPLICATION HLED AuG.22, 1916.

1,228,132. Pateined May 29, 1917.

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o vin ucnfoz FRANK RAUCH, F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

FLUN TAIN -PEN LIGHT.'r

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2e, 1917.

Application led August 22, 1916. Serial No. 116,291.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Rance, a subject oftlieKing of Hungary, residing at Springfield, in the county' of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented with the same Visionof a battery light carried whereby the provision useful Improvements i1 of which lthe followceitain new and Fountain-Pen Lights, in is a specification.

`his invention relates to new and useful 10 improvements in fountain pen lights.

I the he primary object -of the invention is provision of a light attachment for pen holders especially adapted for use with fountain pens, whereby a person may write sirable.

further object of the device is the proi by a pen holder arranged with a switch member the light may be turned on when desired for giving suli'cient light for writing purposes adjacent the pen carried by the device.

A. still further object of vthe invention is ofv a fountain pen having an cap Vremoved.

a reservoir 13 within the Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the same.

Fig. 4 is an end viewof the fountain portion of the pen holder.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation ofthe removable casing portion of the holder with a battery arranged therein.

Fig. is a perspective view of the inner end portion of a battery employed with the device, and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail sectional view illustrating the switch member.

The-present lamp attachmentbeing designed Jfor fountain pens is herein illustrated in connection with a fountain pen in the form of a pen holder 10 having a removable cap 11, the holder being supplied with a writingl pen. 12 supplied with ink from main portion 14 of `14 tor the '13 with ink when desired.v

in the dark when vfound dej arranged adjacent the writing and with a switching means the holder in substantially the usual manner. A removable screw 15 is arranged in the rear end 16 oi the'pen holder portion purpose of filling the reservoir A tubular casing portion 17 hasscrew threaded connection with the portion 14 being adapted to contain a suitable dry battery-'18, a spring 19 being employed between the closed end 2() ot' the casing 17 and the .said battery for resiliently maintaining the tirininals 21 and 22 ot' the battery in normal resilient engagement with the terminal binding posts 23 and 24 respectively carried by ilie said body end 16.

A diminutive incandescent lamp or bulb 25 is removably screw-threadcd.in the foi'- ward end 2G of the body 14- adjacent the writing pen 12. The binding post contact 23 is ,iormally electrically connected with an4 angular spring terminal a wire )8, the central contact 37 ot' the lamp 25 being.' normally in contact with the said spi-inflr i7. The said wires'28 and 29 are yarranged within an eccentrically positioned longitudi'ial bore 36 ot' the body 14. The binding post 24 is normally electrically connected by 30 adjacent the said contact. member 27. A switch closer 31 is slidably arranged inthe side slot 32 in the body 14 and has a. pin upon wl ich the spring 30 rides, While a contact arm 34 is carried by the member 31 adapted to engage the shell 35 of the lamp- 25 when the circuit closer is moved iorwardly as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing, the same being out of contact and the` switch open when inthe dotted line position illustrated in Fig. 7

It will be understood that the switch member 31 is normally in its open retracted ].o sition, the battery 18 being in its position within the casing portion 17 connected with the body portion 14. VJhen desiring to employ the pen 1iy for writing in the dark, the switch member 31 is moved forwardly closing the electrical connections between the lamp 25 and the battery 18, whereby the said lamp is lighted shedding suilieieiit light upon the point 12 and the writing surface to allow the pen to be readily used. The removable cap 1 l is normally arranged upon body portion14. completelyoverlying the. pen 12, lamp 25 and the switch 31. The

27 by means of i means of a wire 2S) witlia spring necessary when replacing the same. to make assurance that the *contacts 21 and 22 of the battery are engaged with the .binding posts 23 and 24 upon the end 16 of the body member 14 of the peILhOlder.

What I claim as new is z* 4 In a. fountain-pen light, a body member, a casing applied to one end of said bodymember and containing an electrical source of supply, said electrical source of supply having poles in a head thereof, said bodymember having a pen-holder therein, Whose rear head is provided with terminal binding posts, a resilient member Within said bodymember exerting pressure to retain said poles and binding posts in engagement With each other, an electrical lamp/positioned'fin one end of said body-member, adj'a/*lcent the pen, an angular springterminal in,` )engageL ment with a contact bf/fsaid/ele/ctribal lamp, a spring adjacent said angular terminal,`a slidable switch-closer having a 'contact-arm adapted to engage the electrical lamp-shell, said spring being arranged to ride upon a pin projecting from FRANK RAUCH.

said switch-closer as lthe latter is actuated, one of said binding 

